Jurors were deadlocked Tuesday in the case of an Arizona border activist accused of transporting and harboring migrants while providing them with humanitarian aid. ...

Jury deadlocks on charges against Arizona border activist TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal jury couldn’t reach a verdict against a border activist charged with conspiracy to transport and harbor migrants in a trial that has drawn attention to humanitarian workers who help people in the U.S. illegally.
Jurors said Tuesday that they were deadlocked in Sc...23:26 2019-06-11

Arizona border activist trial ends in hung jury TUCSON – A final verdict could not be reached for a man accused of harboring and conspiring to transport undocumented immigrants Tuesday afternoon –resulting in a hung jury.
BREAKING: Hung jury in the trial of No More Deaths volunteer Dr. Scott Warren. Right now it’s unclear if the government inten...01:52 2019-06-12

The Latest: Jury gets case at trial of border activist TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on closing arguments at the trial of an Arizona border activist accused of harboring immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally (all times local):
1 p.m.
Jurors have started deliberating at the trial of a border activist in Arizona accused of harboring immigrants who c...23:01 2019-06-07

Jury deliberations to continue in trial of border activist TUCSON – After about eleven and a half hours of deliberation, a jury in federal court said they were unable to reach a verdict in the trial of border activist Scott Warren.
The jury indicated they were unable to agree on a verdict for all three charges Warren is facing, but the judge instructe...05:26 2019-06-11

Judge orders jury to deliberate more in border activist case TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge in Tucson has ordered a jury to continue deliberations in the trial against an Arizona border activist charged with harboring immigrants who are in the country illegally.
The jury told the court Monday afternoon that it couldn’t come to a consensus on the t...06:52 2019-06-11

Trial against border activist who helped migrants begins TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jury selection has begun in a federal trial against a border activist charged with harboring migrants in a case that advocates say is a politically-motivated.
Scott Daniel Warren was arrested in 2018 when Border Patrol agents found him at a property used to provide aid to immigr...21:13 2019-05-29

The Latest: Border activist who helped migrants now on trial TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on the federal trial against a border activist charged with harboring migrants in Arizona (all times local):
6:10 p.m.
A lawyer for a border activist being tried in Tucson for helping two migrants with water, food and lodging says prosecutors must prove his client int...04:00 2019-05-30

Marines arrested for smuggling illegal immigrants near southern border Two Marines were busted last week in California for allegedly smuggling a trio of illegal immigrants near the US-Mexico border. Marines Bryon Darnell Law II and David Javier Salazar-Quintero were caught about 10 a.m. last Wednesday by a US Border Patrol agent while driving three illegal immigrants o...07:39 2019-07-09

US to decide whether to retry Arizona border activist TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Federal prosecutors are getting ready to announce whether they’ll retry a border activist after a U.S. jury was unable to reach a verdict against him on charges of conspiracy to transport and harbor migrants.
The decision about whether to file new charges against Sco...14:13 2019-07-02

Deliberations to resume in trial of Arizona border activist TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jurors are expected to resume deliberations in the trial of a border activist in Arizona accused of harboring immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally.
The jury received the case Friday in U.S. District Court in Tucson before breaking for the weekend.
Scott Warren is a voluntee...00:52 2019-06-11

Motion denied to dismiss indictment of Arizona border activist TUCSON – The motion to dismiss the indictment of an activist arrested for allegedly harboring migrants who crossed the southern border was denied by a judge last week.
Back in January 2018, Scott Daniel Warren was taken into custody after federal agents observed the “No More Deaths”...07:13 2019-05-29

Jury deadlocks over activist who gave migrants food and shelter Scott Daniel Warren faced up to 20 years in prison in a case aid groups said would have wide implications on their work A US jury could not reach a verdict Tuesday against a border activist who, defense attorneys say, was simply being kind by providing two migrants with water, food and lodging when ...08:26 2019-06-12

NYC braces for ICE raids targeting illegal immigrants New York City was on edge Saturday as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement readied to carry out President Trump’s plans to deport at least 2,000 illegal immigrants here and in the rest of the country. City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Bitta Mostofi, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immig...04:26 2019-07-14

Mass prosecutions for illegal immigrants are ineffective, says lawyer TUCSON, Ariz. — The immigration crisis in Arizona’s second-largest city plays out five days a week as grim-faced US Marshals escort groups of up to 75 migrants, handcuffed and shackled at the waist and ankles, into a grand second-floor courtroom in a downtown federal building. Most are from Central ...06:26 2019-06-23

Cuomo: GOP will hammer us for illegal immigrants driver’s license law ALBANY — Republicans will try to hammer fellow Democratic lawmakers on the ballot in 2020 for approving a controversial law to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. “The one hot-button issue I could see, would be the driver’s license for undocume...03:52 2019-06-22

Top NY biz group backs driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants ALBANY — A top New York State top business group backs legislation giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants — claiming it will be a boon to the economy. “This is the law in 12 states and its been beneficial to those states’ economies,” Heather Briccetti, CEO of the Business Council of New York...02:39 2019-05-30

ICE raids targeting illegal immigrants to start Sunday: report Immigration raids that will targets thousands of undocumented immigrants in cities across the US are scheduled to begin on Sunday, a report said Thursday. The raids, which are backed by President Trump, will target families who recently crossed into the US and who have been ordered deported, the New...09:39 2019-07-11

Illegal immigrants will be eligible for city’s affordable housing lotteries Illegal immigrants will be able to jump into New York City’s highly competitive lotteries for affordable housing as part of broader rules changes announced by City Hall on Wednesday meant to expand eligibility. The new rules will allow applicants to provide proof they pay their rent on time in...23:26 2019-08-21

US resists urging by experts to give illegal immigrants flu shots The world’s top infectious disease experts say the U.S. government has a responsibility to provide preventative care such as flu vaccines to migrants immediately after they are taken into custody, but the federal agency involved says disease prevention is not its job....07:39 2019-08-29

ICE arrests 6 alleged illegal immigrants in sweeps across New York area US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in New York last week arrested six alleged illegal immigrants suspected of committing human rights violations, officials said Thursday. Between Aug. 27 and Aug. 29 agents with ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations nabbed people from Albania, C...23:00 2019-09-05

Jury Convicts Business Partner of Ex-Trump Adviser Flynn of Illegal Lobbying (ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook a project to discredit an exiled cleric wanted by Turkey’s government.
Bijan Kian, 67...10:13 2019-07-24

De Blasio makes it easier for illegal immigrants to live in affordable housing New Yorkers with family members in the country illegally will be able to more easily apply for the city’s highly competitive affordable housing lotteries as part of broader rules changes announced by City Hall on Wednesday, which are meant to expand eligibility. The new rules will allow applicants t...03:26 2019-08-22

NY Assembly passes bill to grant driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants ALBANY — The New York State Assembly green-lighted a controversial bill Wednesday that would grant illegal immigrants the right to obtain a driver’s license. The measure passed the Democratic-run house 86 to 47. But the legislation’s fate is uncertain the state Senate. Gov. Andrew ...04:26 2019-06-13

Law granting illegal immigrants driver’s licenses could lead to voter fraud A loophole in the new law granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants could allow hundreds of thousands of people to fraudulently register to vote in New York, according to critics, the state Board of Elections and the bill’s own sponsor. “[A] major concern is that many states, including New Yo...05:52 2019-06-19

County clerk sues Cuomo over illegal immigrants driver’s license law Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo for approving a controversial state law granting driver’s license privileges to illegal immigrants that would force county clerks to defy federal law. The Green Light Bill passed the Senate 33-29 before Cuomo signed it int...20:52 2019-07-09

Slim majority backs Trump’s raids on illegal immigrants: poll A slight majority of voters support the deportation raids that President Trump said occurred across the country over the weekend, a poll ​out Wednesday found. While 51 percent of the respondents said they agree that illegal immigrants with outstanding court orders should be deported, 85 percent of R...21:39 2019-07-17

State bill would protect DMV clerks who refuse licenses to illegal immigrants ALBANY — The state Senate’s top Republican has introduced a bill that would protect Department of Motor Vehicles employees from legal retribution, should they refuse licenses to undocumented immigrants. The controversial “Green Light Law,” passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. ...00:52 2019-09-05

Lawmakers poised to pass law granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants ALBANY – New York lawmakers are poised to vote into law a measure that would provide driver’s licenses to the state’s undocumented immigrants following days of tense negotiations, and despite warnings from Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “We will be passing legislation restoring the right for all qua...04:13 2019-06-18

Feds plan to deport 1 million illegal immigrants: Trump official The Trump ​administration is ready to deport about a million illegal immigrants, said acting director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli on Sunday. Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security are preparing an operation that would target migrants a...01:39 2019-07-08

Cuomo expected to sign bill approving driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants New York state lawmakers on Monday passed a controversial bill granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign it. Democrats in the state Senate managed to pass the bill on a 33-29 vote, despite losing all six of their Long Island members over fears...13:39 2019-06-18

Republicans pounce on Dems’ plan to give health insurance to illegal immigrants Republicans pounced Friday after all 10 Democrats in the presidential debate a night earlier called for extending taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants. “Millions of Americans struggle to pay their own health care bills. Now Democrats want us to pay illegal immigrants? We can’t afford t...21:26 2019-06-28

Arizona universities move to extend tuition rate for undocumented immigrants PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona universities are moving to expand access to a tuition rate paid by immigrants living in the country illegally.
The Board of Regents is scheduled to decide Thursday whether to eliminate a requirement for students to be enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival...06:52 2019-08-21

SI garbage kingpin who allegedly helped cover up murder still has city license A Staten Island garbage-hauling kingpin was charged with using dumpsters and a waste-transfer station to help hide a murder — yet he still has his city carting license five months after the alleged crime, The Post has learned. William Formica, who owns private hauler Flag Container, is accused of he...05:13 2019-05-30

Trial of Arizona activist charged with harboring migrants begins TUCSON – The trial of an Arizona activist charged with harboring undocumented migrants illegally began Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Tucson.
Scott Daniel Warren /Arizona State University/ Courtesy: NBC News
Dr. Scott Warren is accused of harboring migrants, and conspiring to harbor and t...06:52 2019-05-30

Migrant activist’s arrest in Arizona has Good Samaritans spooked AJO, Ariz. — Ever since federal agents arrested a local activist for helping two illegal immigrants in this parched desert town near the Mexican border last year, residents are thinking twice about being good Samaritans. “I guess I’ll have to start asking for ID if I want to give anyone a glass of w...04:00 2019-07-01

Egyptian passenger allegedly had hundreds of illegal pills CAIRO (AP) — Cairo airport authorities say they have arrested an Egyptian passenger who was allegedly carrying hundreds of pills of a banned drug in his luggage.
Ibrahim Abdel Latif, a senior official at the Customs Authority, said Friday his office received a tip from drug control officers at the a...16:39 2019-06-21

Remains of 7-year-old suspected illegal immigrant found in Arizona desert The body of a 7-year-old Indian girl was found in a remote desert area of Arizona on Wednesday — the same day border agents say they were told human smugglers helped five Indian illegal immigrants cross into the U.S. Border Patrol agents with the Tucson Sector recovered the remains of the youn...23:26 2019-06-14

Arizona mother arrested after baby allegedly left in car for 18 minutes CHANDLER, Ariz. (KPNX) — Chandler police arrested a mother for allegedly leaving her baby in the car while she shopped at Target. The baby is expected to recover after being left inside the car for 18 minutes, police say.
Holli Broadbent Platt is accused of child abuse.
Tuesday just after 4 p.m., a ...04:13 2019-08-15

Arizona DPS trooper arrested for allegedly threatening to kill co-worker PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill another employee of the agency.
DPS officials say Edward Swan made the threat in front of his supervisor during a meeting last Friday.
The 48-year-old Swan was taken into...04:52 2019-08-01

Cops identify man who allegedly sold illegal gun to Texas shooter Seth Ator Authorities in Texas have identified a person suspected of illegally manufacturing a rifle and selling it to the man who allegedly killed seven people and wounded more than 20 others in West Texas last Saturday, a report said. Law enforcement authorities believe the man lives in Lubbock, Texas, but ...07:26 2019-09-05

Kim Kardashian keeps up with Tucson’s border activist case TUCSON –The trial continues Tuesday for the border activist detained in 2018 for allegedly harboring undocumented migrants in the U.S.
Scott Warren, a volunteer with No More Deaths, is accused of conspiring to harbor and transport two Mexican nationals.
Warren was arrested in 2018 when Border Patrol...21:39 2019-06-04

Border activist Scott Warren to be retried on 2 charges TUCSON – Prosecutors announced Tuesday morning the border activists charged on harboring counts will have a retrial.
During Scott Warren’s trial in June, defense attorneys argued he was just being kind by giving two migrants water, food and lodging when he was arrested in early 2018. He faced up to ...19:39 2019-07-02

Closing arguments to be held in border activist’s trial TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Attorneys are scheduled to deliver closing statements on Friday in the criminal trial against a humanitarian aid volunteer who says he was fulfilling his duty to help others when he encountered two migrants near the U.S.-Mexico border.
The trial against 36-year-old Scott Daniel ...07:00 2019-06-07

Work on more border wall starts in Arizona, New Mexico SANTA TERESA, N.M. (AP) — Work crews in Arizona and New Mexico forged ahead Friday with construction of taller border fencing funded through a national emergency declaration by President Donald Trump.
The work on his hallmark campaign promise involves mostly replacement fencing along a 46-mile stret...18:13 2019-08-24

Temporary border processing facility coming To Arizona YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have confirmed that a temporary processing facility will be constructed in Yuma, Arizona, following an influx of migrants being apprehended in the sector.
Officials plan to have the facility up and running within the next 30 day...06:52 2019-05-30

Border Patrol building 30-foot wall in Arizona The US Border Patrol has begun construction of five miles of a 30-foot border wall along the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona. The wall is replacing an older barrier that was designed to stop vehciles from crossing, but allowed people to pass. (Sept. 10)
...12:26 2019-09-11

Trump attacks judge who blocked border wall plans as 'Obama activist' Judge Haywood Gilliam said officials could not use money secured under Trump’s emergency declaration to build key sections of wallAfter a federal judge blocked his attempt to build key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, Donald Trump criticis...06:01 2019-05-26

Body of 7-year-old dropped off by smugglers near Arizona-Mexico border TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a child believed to be a 7-year-old girl from India has been found near the Arizona-Mexico border.
They say the body was discovered Wednesday morning by Border Patrol agents about 17 miles (27 kilometers) west of Lukeville.
The girl reportedly had bee...06:00 2019-06-14

Arizona border volunteers opening office with limited hours AJO, Ariz. (AP) — A humanitarian organization that provides aid to border crossers says it is opening an office to welcome visitors for a few hours on Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings in the southern Arizona desert community of Ajo.
The Ajo Samaritarans say they will first open the office i...19:00 2019-08-14

Trump’s border wall in Arizona challenged over potential wildlife damage The barriers currently at the three sites block vehicles from passing but still allow wildlife to move through. Environmental groups said the 9.1-metre replacement bollards that the Trump administration plans to erect would prevent the cross-border migration of wildlife....07:39 2019-08-07

Border Patrol: Guatemalan woman found dead in Arizona desert YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Guatemalan woman has been found dead in the southwestern Arizona desert after she became ill and was left behind by the group she was traveling with.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents working with a helicopter crew recovered the body Monday.
The woman’s name...04:39 2019-06-06

Arizona city fights to spread compassion for migrants amid border crisis The progressive stance of Tucson, Arizona’s second largest city, is evident in the area’s rich history of immigration activismOn a recent evening, immigrants’ rights activist Zaira Livier stood in Tucson’s Historic Fourth Avenue district, clipboard in hand, as three women approached outside the popu...15:13 2019-07-12

Sudan protest group makes strike call with talks deadlocked Sudan's main protest group called on Tuesday for a general strike, saying two late-night negotiation sessions with the army had failed to reach a deal on how to lead the country after the overthrow of former president Omar al-Bashir....15:00 2019-05-21

Arizona bounces back with 65-41 rout over Northern Arizona TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Gary Brightwell ran for 141 yards and a touchdown on five carries, Khalil Tate accounted for three scores and Arizona bounced back from a disappointing opening loss by routing Northern Arizona 65-41 on Saturday night.
Arizona (1-1) had an extra week off to think about its openin...19:39 2019-09-08

Border Patrol searches have increased on Greyhound, other buses far from border ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Mercedes Phelan was confused last April when Border Patrol agents boarded the Greyhound bus she was riding in Pennsylvania and asked her if she was a citizen.
Ten months later, when she says they asked the same thing on an Amtrak train in Syracuse, N.Y., she was mad.
A border patr...09:52 2019-06-06

Border South review: slow train to US border purgatory Raúl Pastrana’s compassionate film rides with a Nicaraguan migrant trying to cross into America, and a US researcher seeking traces of others who never made it Documentaries about migrants have become a thriving subgenre, thanks to an abundance of subjects crossing the globe. Rarely are they present...22:00 2019-06-08

The Jury's Still Out on How Bad Sunscreens Are for Corals Mikhail Matz loves corals. As a biology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Matz is well aware of the many threats corals face: global warming, pollution, ocean acidification, you name it. But when it comes to the danger posed by sunscreen chemicals—some of which are now banned in certai...11:00 2019-09-01

The Scene of the Crime: A Jury Box? Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column features a serial killer who murders his way onto a jury, a wife creeped out by a robotic double and a nasty mental asylum....13:52 2019-08-16

Jury to decide if dad should die after he killed his 5 kids COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors are trying to convince jurors that a South Carolina father who killed his five children should be executed.
Jurors will begin hearing testimony Thursday as they decide whether Timothy Jones Jr. is sentenced to death for the August 2014 killings.
Prosecutors are expe...09:39 2019-06-06

The Most Common Jury Duty Myths, Debunked People typically fall into two categories when it comes to jury duty: those who want to avoid it at all costs, and those who can’t wait for the day they receive their summons in the mail. Either way, some of what you know about jury duty is probably wrong. Whether you’re trying to get out of your ci...00:52 2019-08-01

Jury deliberates in murder trial of toddler TUCSON- Closing arguments wrapped up Tuesday in the trial of a man charged in the death of his son.
The jury is deliberating three separate counts including first-degree murder.
Martin Barreras is facing child abuse and first-degree murder charges in the death of his son Roman.
Last month, his wife ...06:52 2019-08-21

The NFL Holdout That Caused A Homicide (Justifiable, The Jury Said) In the 1981 offseason, feeling underpaid and unhappy about Oilers owner Bud Adams’s treatment of former coach Bum Phillips, Earl Campbell asked for a raise. Only a year earlier, at the close of Campbell’s second season, the normally tightfisted Oilers had agreed to restructure Campbell’s rookie cont...18:26 2019-08-01

Jury deliberating again in trial of dad in deaths of 5 kids COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jurors are again deliberating whether a South Carolina father is guilty of murder in the deaths of his five children.
After 90 minutes of discussions Monday, the Lexington County jury resumed its deliberations in the Timothy Jones Jr. case around 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Jurors can find...16:13 2019-06-04

U.S. judge slashes $80 mln Roundup jury verdict to $25.3 mln A federal judge on Monday reduced a
damages award that Bayer AG owed a man who blamed his
cancer on the glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup to $25.27
million from $80 million, saying the punitive damages component
was too high....01:00 2019-07-16

How to Help Immigrants During an ICE Raid Last week, President Trump confirmed rumors that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would conduct raids across the U.S., affecting immigrant communities in cities like New York, Houston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. In response, many immigrants’ rights advocates and organizations have curbed th...22:26 2019-07-18

Jury deciding sentence of Tennessee church shooter NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man convicted of murder in a 2017 Nashville church shooting will spend at least 51 years in prison, but a jury is deciding whether he should have the possibility of parole.
During the Tuesday sentencing phase of Emanuel Kidega Samson’s trial, his attorney pr...22:52 2019-05-28

Jury to soon decide if father gets death for killing 5 kids COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A jury is expected to begin deliberating whether a South Carolina father is sentenced to death or life in prison for killing his five children.
Prosecutors and lawyers for Timothy Jones Jr. are scheduled to give closing arguments Thursday morning in the sentencing phase of his ...08:26 2019-06-13

Case of Tennessee man accused of killing 8 with grand jury GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old girl who is one of the victims of a Tennessee man accused of killing eight people was found partially undressed and lying on top of a serrated knife, baseball bat and part of a broken rifle.
District Attorney General Ray Whitley and law enforcemen...21:13 2019-05-29

Jury acquits Mateen Cleaves of sexual assault Former Michigan State basketball player Mateen Cleaves has been acquitted by a jury of sexually assaulting a woman in a motel room four years ago. He had faced up to 15 years in prison....00:39 2019-08-21

Jury acquits ex-DHS cop accused of head-stomping mentally ill man It took a Manhattan jury just three hours to acquit a former Department of Homeless Services police sergeant accused of stomping on the head of a mentally ill man during an arrest. Prosecutors claimed Cordell Fitts used excessive force and falsified records following the March 2017 incident, in whic...04:13 2019-08-30

Jury for gruesome slaying case to come from central Indiana JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The jury for a southern Indiana man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and eating parts of her body will come from suburban Indianapolis.
Clark County prosecutors and attorneys for 38-year-old Joseph Oberhansley have agreed they’ll pick jury members from among Ham...19:26 2019-05-24

Jury finds former Somali colonel responsible for torture ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury has found a northern Virginia man who once served as a colonel in the Somali Army responsible for torturing a man more than 30 years ago as part of a government campaign to repress its perceived enemies.
After three days of deliberations, the civil jury on Tuesday award...21:01 2019-05-21

Grand jury records on mass lynching once again before court ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court plans to rehear arguments on unsealing the transcripts from grand jury proceedings in the unsolved lynching of two black couples in rural Georgia more than 70 years ago.
A white mob killed the four sharecroppers at Moore’s Ford Bridge in July 1946.
FBI ag...20:13 2019-06-04

Judge: Jury can hear about congressman's affairs The judge in Rep. Duncan Hunter's corruption trial says the jury can hear about the Republican's affairs in court. Outside of the courtroom, Hunter's father alleged that the charges against his son are politically motivated. (July 1)
...00:52 2019-07-02

Jury convicts ex-NFL player of rape, mulls 8 other charges A California jury that convicted former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman has been ordered to keep deliberating after jurors told a judge they were deadlocked over eight other charges, including the rapes of two more women....09:39 2019-06-11

Jury begins deliberations in wrong-way crash that killed 5 BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of a Vermont man facing murder charges in the deaths of five teenagers after he caused a head-on crash by driving the wrong way on an interstate.
The jury hearing the case of Steven Bourgoin began deliberations late Tuesday morning a...17:52 2019-05-21

Breastfeeding moms may soon be able to delay jury duty in New York New York moms who are breastfeeding may soon be exempt from jury duty, thanks to a new bill passed by the state legislature. The proposal would allow nursing women to provide a doctor’s note to delay jury duty up to two years. The measure, which passed in the Senate and Assembly this week, is ...19:52 2019-06-07

Jury deliberations to begin in NXIVM sex-trafficking case NEW YORK (AP) — A jury is about to begin deliberating at the trial of the former leader of an upstate New York self-help group that prosecutors say branded women.
The deliberations in the case against Keith Raniere are set for Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn.
Prosecutors have told jurors that...08:26 2019-06-19

For our future, more Indian immigrants, please If, like me, you believe that the U.S. needs to welcome immigrants on a sustainable basis, you should support a greater U.S. government priority on the immigration of skilled Indian citizens to the United States....01:13 2019-07-16

Dallas police: Fatal shooting by officer goes to grand jury DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police are referring a shooting in which a suburban officer killed a vehicle theft suspect to a grand jury after reviewing evidence and interviewing witnesses.
A statement from Dallas police on Wednesday said the special investigations unit concluded its investigation of the sho...03:26 2019-06-20

Grand jury finds ex-police officer choked man during arrest MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia grand jury has indicted a former police officer on multiple charges after it found he had choked a former college football player during an arrest.
The Henry County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday said former county officer David Rose Jr. was charged with...22:39 2019-06-27

DA shows jury gruesome photos of brutally beaten dad at son’s trial Manhattan jurors were shown gruesome photos Wednesday of a man bludgeoned within an inch of his life at the attempted-murder trial of his Columbia-grad son, who prosecutors say beat and tortured his father with a wrench in a dispute over his late mother’s $2 million fortune. Jason Heyworth, 37, an a...03:39 2019-07-25

Ex-Roger Stone aide agrees to testify before grand jury WASHINGTON (AP) — A former aide to Trump confidant Roger Stone has agreed to testify before a grand jury initially used in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Andrew Miller, who has fought the subpoena for nearly a year, is scheduled to appear Friday. That’s according ...19:52 2019-05-29

Martin Shkreli’s lawyers want conviction tossed because jury was ‘confused’ “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli remains in a Pennsylvania prison, but his prosecutor and his lawyer were in a Manhattan appellate courtroom Friday clashing over his claim that his securities-fraud conviction should be voided because his jury was “confused.” During contentious arguments before a three-ju...05:00 2019-06-29

Judge reduces jury awards in dispute with Oberlin College ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge has drastically reduced multimillion-dollar jury awards for business owners who accused Oberlin College officials of ruining their livelihoods by encouraging protests against them and branding them as racists.
A Lorain County judge ruled Thursday that David Gibson s...20:52 2019-06-28

Jury awards $6M in Drew Brees diamond-fraud lawsuit SAN DIEGO (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $6 million to New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees in a lawsuit that claimed a San Diego County jeweler sold him over-priced diamonds.
The San Diego Union-Tribune says a Superior Court jury made the award Friday in a fraud suit Brees and his wife fi...08:26 2019-06-22

Jury to begin deliberating in trial of accused sex cult founder Jurors on Wednesday are expected to begin deliberating the fate of Keith Raniere, the New York man accused of running a cult-like group in which women were kept on starvation diets, branded with his initials and ordered to have sex with him....14:13 2019-06-19

Jury expected next week in Chinese scholar’s slaying trial CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge overseeing the death-penalty trial of an ex-University of Illinois student charged with kidnapping and killing a visiting Chinese scholar says a jury should be in place by early next week.
Tuesday is the second day of jury selection at 29-year-old Brendt Christensen...20:13 2019-06-04

Ex-Roger Stone aide testifies before federal grand jury WASHINGTON (AP) — A former aide to Trump confidant Roger Stone testified before a grand jury after a months-long legal battle with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Andrew Miller answered questions for about two hours Friday in Washington.
Prosecutors sought Miller’s testimony as they built a cr...21:00 2019-05-31

Chemistry lab fire left teen unrecognizable, dad tells jury A massive fireball from a botched high school chemistry lab experiment left his son, Alonzo, in excruciating pain — and burned beyond recognition, a dad testified in Manhattan on Thursday. “I didn’t recognize his face,” dad Claudio Yanes sobbed on the witness stand, describing having rushed to the e...03:13 2019-06-14

New York jury convicts man who starved, branded women in sex cult Keith Raniere, a New York man accused of running a cult-like group in which women were kept on starvation diets, branded with his initials and ordered to have sex with him, was found guilty of all charges against him by a New York jury on Wednesday....23:26 2019-06-19

The Latest: Jury finds man guilty in deadly church shooting NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on jury deliberations in the 2017 Tennessee church shooting (all times local):
1:30 p.m.
A jury has found a man guilty of murder in a shooting at a Nashville church two years ago that left a woman dead and seven people wounded.
The jury deliberated less than five h...21:00 2019-05-24

Jury awards $11 million in lawsuit over Ohio college dispute ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — A jury has awarded $11 million to a father and son who claimed Ohio’s Oberlin College and an administrator hurt their business and libeled them during a dispute that triggered protests and allegations of racism following a shoplifting incident.
The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram...21:39 2019-06-08

Jury returns to deliberate in Tennessee church shooting case NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors in Tennessee are deliberating the fate of a black man who killed a woman and wounded seven people at a Nashville church in apparent revenge for the racist massacre of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina.
Twenty-seven-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson is c...14:39 2019-05-24

Jury selection underway for Tucson man accused of killing girlfriend Mario Jesus Dorame/ Pima County Jail
TUCSON – Prosecutors and defense attorneys have begun jury selection for the trial of Tucson man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2017.
Back in 2017, Mario Jesus Dorame was taken into custody by Tucson Police Department one month after his girlfriend, M...06:52 2019-05-30

Jury begins deliberations in U.S. Navy SEAL's war crimes trial A military jury began deliberations on Monday in the war crimes trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL after closing arguments in which prosecutors said the defendant's own words proved his guilt and the defense cited a lack of physical evidence to support the charges....06:52 2019-07-02

Georgia sheriff steps in after 140 people skipped jury duty DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff says he had to get involved when nearly three-fourths of people summoned for jury duty in his county failed to show up for court.
WMAZ-TV reports courts in Laurens County faced a small crisis last week when only 60 people showed up for jury duty out of 200 who we...20:39 2019-06-23

Jury awards whistleblower fired by Planned Parenthood $3 million PHOENIX (KPNX) — A Maricopa County jury has awarded $3 million to a former Planned Parenthood employee who claimed she was wrongfully fired because she alerted supervisors that patients were suffering a high rate of medical complications after abortions performed by a specific doctor.
The employee, ...04:00 2019-08-20

Federal grand jury probes GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy NEW YORK — A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee to drum up business deals with foreign leaders, according to documents obtained by The Associate...17:52 2019-07-08

Federal grand jury probing GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy NEW YORK — A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee to drum up business deals with foreign leaders, according to documents obtained by the Associate...18:39 2019-07-08

The Latest: Jury selected in Navy SEAL’s murder trial SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in his care (all times local):
10:05 a.m.
A jury has been selected to decide the fate of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with killing a teenage Islamic State prisoner in Iraq.
Five Marines ...21:00 2019-06-18

Jury to be seated in Navy SEAL’s California murder trial SAN DIEGO (AP) — Combat veterans who said they lost friends and comrades in battle have been questioned as possible jurors in the California war crimes trial of a decorated Navy SEAL.
A jury is likely to be seated Tuesday in the court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher at San Diego...10:13 2019-06-18

Jury reaches verdict in case of vanished California family SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The disappearance of a couple and their two children puzzled California investigators for years. The McStay family vanished suddenly in 2010, with bowls of popcorn left uneaten in their house and no sign that an attacker forced their way inside. Three years later, their bodi...00:39 2019-06-11

She helped elect Trump. Now she’s apologizing. Brittany Kaiser initially emerged as a seemingly nefarious figure tied to a new kind of voter manipulation powered by Facebook data. She wants to be remembered as a whistleblower and a human rights advocate. You decide....07:39 2019-08-10

15 destinations Instagram has helped ruin martin-dm/Getty Images
Instagram has always been a great place to find travel inspiration, displaying photos of hidden paradises around the world.
But once Instagram photos attract enough attention, the locations that get geotagged can be overrun by tourists trying to snap similar shots.
These 15 t...10:00 2019-07-24

Behind the tragedies that helped Apollo 11 succeed The success of Apollo 11 was lauded as one of man’s greatest achievements and sparked a historic surge of support for space exploration that is being revived in modern times. But behind the headlines and an international victory tour were several devastating personal tragedies that have been partial...16:00 2019-07-18

How parenthood has helped me redefine Pride In our 20s, this month meant boozy brunches and public displays of affection. Now married with a child, we celebrate in a different way, and with greater purpose....16:39 2019-06-10

How Huawei Employees Helped Governments Spy A Wall Street Journal investigation shows that employees of Huawei, the Chinese telecom company, helped the governments of African nations intercept the communications of political opponents. Josh Chin tells the story of how Huawei technicians helped governments crack down....02:39 2019-08-15

UK miscounted EU, other immigrants before Brexit vote Britain has undercounted its long-term immigrants from the European Union by almost a quarter of a million and overestimated how many non-EU students stayed in the country after their studies, statisticians said on Wednesday....02:39 2019-08-22

Trump Wants to Keep Poor Immigrants Out by Any Means Necessary On Monday, the Trump administration announced a new rule that will bar many poor immigrants from receiving green cards, specifically because they are or are likely to be deemed “public charges”—i.e., receive benefits such as food stamps or Medicaid—on the country. The rule will go into effect in Oct...23:39 2019-08-12

US: Citizenship ban for immigrants using public benefits The rule change means immigrants using public benefits could be disqualified from receiving a green card or citizenship. The move is one of the Trump administration's most aggressive steps to restrict legal immigration....04:26 2019-08-13

De Blasio says ICE raids on immigrants already underway NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s getting reports that a nationwide crackdown on immigrants facing deportation is already underway in his city. The sweeps were expected to start Sunday, but de Blasio tweeted on Saturday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency ...15:13 2019-07-14

Immigrants who worked for Trump speak in Fla. Hours before President Donald Trump's first 2020 campaign rally, a labor union representing hospitality workers, held a news conference featuring undocumented workers who say they used to work at Trump properties. (June 18)
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America needs more immigrants to keep economy growing Tariffs and the trade war with China are the biggest near-term financial problems facing the United States. But one market expert thinks the United States needs to focus on a longer-term issue if it wants to remain on top of the world's economic heap: immigration....00:52 2019-08-28

The Latest: NY OK’s licenses for immigrants in US illegally ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on xxxxxxx (all times local):
10:35 p.m.
New York will become the 13th state to authorize driver’s licenses for immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally.
The state Senate approved the proposal Monday and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it later in the day, f...05:00 2019-06-18

New York may soon OK licenses for immigrants in US illegally ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state may soon allow immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally to get driver’s licenses.
The measure passed the state Assembly last week and could get a vote in the Democrat-led state Senate as early as Monday afternoon.
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo supports the bi...18:39 2019-06-17

Bronx jury awards $25 million to teen struck by school safety van A Bronx jury has awarded $25 million to a boy who was just 13 when he was struck by an NYPD school safety van in Brooklyn and suffered burns to his private parts. On Nov. 12, 2014, Manuel Lassalle, now 17, was in the crosswalk on Coney Island Avenue near Ditmas Avenue in Midwood minutes......10:26 2019-07-02

Family and nun fight for retrial as man convicted by all-white jury faces death Supporters of Rodney Reed, scheduled for execution in November, point to racial bias and questionable evidence“He never had a chance.” That’s what Sandra Reed said at the start of a rally in front of the Texas governor’s mansion calling for a retrial for her son, Rodney Reed.Reed, 51, has been on de...20:26 2019-09-12

FBI searches home of Metro chair amid grand jury probe WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have searched the home of the chair of the Washington, D.C., transit authority, days after he announced his resignation over an ethics violation.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Chair Jack Evans acknowledged this week that he failed to disclose a confl...23:13 2019-06-21

Jury to decide fate of Chinese national accused of trespassing at Mar-a-Lago The trial of the Chinese woman accused of trespassing at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is expected to wrap up Wednesday after two days filled with bizarre interruptions and even weirder testimony. Jurors in a Fort Lauderdale federal court on Wednesday will begin mulling the fate of Yujing Zhan...09:13 2019-09-11

Amber Kyzer asks jury for mercy for ex-husband who killed their 5 kids COLUMBIA, S.C. — The mother of five children who were killed by their father stunned a South Carolina courtroom Tuesday by asking the jury to spare her ex-husband’s life. “He did not show my children any mercy by any means. But my kids loved him and if I’m speaking on behalf of my ...07:52 2019-06-12

Nipsey Hussle: grand jury indicts man in fatal shooting of rapper Eric Ronald Holder Jr pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to the killing of Hussle, a grammy-nominated musicianA grand jury has indicted a 29-year-old man in the fatal shooting of the rapper Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles.Eric Ronald Holder Jr was indicted on one count of murder, two counts...02:13 2019-05-22

Grand jury to hear case in Mississippi police officer death GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A grand jury will hear the case against the suspect in the slaying of a Mississippi officer who was shot outside a police station last month.
Mississippi Gulf Coast news outlets report that Judge Gaston Hewes Jr. said Tuesday there is probable cause to send 19-year-old Darian ...22:13 2019-06-18

The Latest: Newton tells jury he fired shot as burglars fled LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a 22-year-old Nevada prison inmate accused of burglarizing the home of Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton and his family in June 2018 (all times local):
5:15 p.m.
Longtime Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton told a jury he fired a gunshot to scare away two ...04:26 2019-06-19

Jury selection starts Monday in missing Chinese scholar case PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Trial is set to begin for a former University of Illinois graduate student accused of kidnapping and killing a visiting scholar from China.
The death penalty is possible in the federal case that starts Monday against 29-year-old Brendt Christensen. Authorities say he tricked or f...16:52 2019-06-03

Jury finds Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher not guilty of war crimes The jury assigned to the case of accused Special Warfare Chief Edward Gallagher has found the decorated Navy SEAL not guilty of murder and attempted murder after a whirlwind trial that included bombshell revelations and twists....00:52 2019-07-03

Jury Says Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ Copied a Christian Rap Song (LOS ANGELES) — A jury on Monday found that Katy Perry’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song in a unanimous decision that represented a rare takedown of a pop superstar and her elite producer by a relatively unknown artist.
The verdict by a nine-...18:39 2019-07-31

Jury acquits Rhode Island woman in 1990 Harlem murder A Rhode Island school bus driver was cleared by a Manhattan jury Thursday in the 1990 Harlem cold case murder of her ex-boyfriend — sparing the suburban mom from potentially spending the rest of her life in prison. Zunilda Rosario, of Providence, had been plucked from her comfortable New England lif...07:39 2019-06-14

This app helped me get front-row sound from the back of a festival For years, musicians Mike Einziger and Ann Marie Calhoun wanted to provide music fans a better sound experience when they were on tour. Sure, fans who got front-row seats had a great experience, but what about the fans who sat behind the speakers or those sitting in the back? Most of the time all th...01:39 2019-09-08

Meditation helped me drag myself out of self-loathing and failure I spent my 30s angry, confused and depressed – until my wife suggested I try listening to my breathIn my 20s, my career escalated pretty quickly. I started out in London as a reporter on a magazine writing about design. Before I knew it, I was living in Manhattan, working as an editor and loving it....19:00 2019-09-02

Jony Ive helped make Apple what it is today On Thursday, Apple confirmed that Jony Ive is leaving after nearly 30 years at the company. He's starting his own creative business called LoveFrom, with Apple being his first client. The news reverberated through the tech and business world like a s......18:26 2019-06-28

How Mitel helped bring baseball to London What services did Mitel bring to the London Stadium this summer?As Major League Baseball’s official business communications and technology partner, Mitel powered on- and off-field communications during this historic series of games.The London Stadium was equipped with the same technology impl...21:39 2019-07-02

Investors Helped Build Tesla. They Could Undo It, Too. Producing a mass-market car takes cash, which is harder to find when sentiment turns and the stock falls, as it did sharply this week. Elon Musk’s company burned through $900 million in the first quarter. It says it expects to stop consuming cash soon....21:13 2019-05-24

How cleaning helped me rebuild what alcohol had ruined They say cleaning is detoxing – it’s not, but it was part of my recovery from addictionIf you’ve ever done a real detox off drugs and alcohol to get clean, the whole notion of cleaning your flat as a way to some sort of psychological Nirvana seems suspect. Yet this is exactly what the new cleaning g...22:26 2019-05-21

21 Savage donates $25K for legal aid for detained immigrants ATLANTA (AP) — Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage has given $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center after the watchdog organization helped him while he was in federal immigration custody earlier this year.
The rapper, whose real name is She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested Feb. 3 in what...04:39 2019-06-15

ICE raids sweep up 680 undocumented immigrants across Mississippi Immigration enforcement authorities raided food processing plants across Mississippi on Wednesday, picking up 680 workers in what was being billed as the biggest single-day, one-state sweep in U.S. history, officials said.
The raids hit seven plants in six cities, and most of the workers arrested ar...12:39 2019-08-08

Trump Targets Asylum Protections For Immigrants The Trump administration says it will soon end asylum protections for most Central American migrants.
It’s the government’s latest attempt to restrict the influx of migrant families coming to the United States.
Under the new rule, migrants coming from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador ...02:52 2019-07-16

Isabel Allende: Immigrants enrich a country Isabel Allende's new novel tells the tale of refugees fleeing their country for Chile during the Spanish civil war. Set decades ago, the migrant story is nonetheless very timely today, Allende told DW in an interview....20:00 2019-08-09

California OKs health care for some adult immigrants SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some low-income adults in California living in the country illegally will soon get their health benefits paid for by taxpayers.
Democrats in the state Legislature on Sunday agreed to make adults between the ages of 19 and 25 eligible for the state’s Medicaid program. ...07:26 2019-06-10

Congress: Pass immigration reform now to help immigrants like me I never expected to live in Richmond, Virginia. In fact, I never even imagined living in the United States. But after being here since 2017, I can’t imagine living anywhere else. And as June, Immigrant Heritage Month, comes to an end, I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be an American — ...16:39 2019-06-29

24 immigrants have died in ICE custody during the Trump administration In April, a 54-year-old immigrant from Mexico died after several feverish days in a solitary cell. In May, a 21-year-old man from India hung himself in an Arizona jail. On June 1, a 25-year-old asylum seeker named Johana Medina Leon died in a Texas hospital after nearly six weeks in the custody of U...22:52 2019-06-09

Activist Wants AT&T to Be More Like Verizon An activist investor’s attempt to force a strategy revamp at AT&T spotlights the diverging paths the two largest U.S. wireless carriers have taken in search of growth....14:39 2019-09-10

How to Raise an Activist Over the past few years, I admit to having moments in which I’ve thrown my hands up and said, “It’s going to be up to our kids to fix the mess we’ve made for them. They already seem more capable than we’ve ever been.” Of course, I’d much prefer that we get a better handle on things like gun control,...22:39 2019-08-02

Cardi B indicted by a grand jury for alleged role in strip club brawl Just a day after being crowned Songwriter Of The Year at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards, CNN and Vulture are reporting that Cardi B has been indicted by a grand jury for her alleged involvement in a brawl at a Queens, New York strip club last summer. She’s scheduled to be arraigned on June 25, w...21:39 2019-06-21

McCabe team pressures DOJ to show cards amid grand jury speculation A lawyer for Andrew McCabe, the former FBI official facing the possibility of federal charges, is making a fresh attempt to pressure prosecutors to drop the case against him – citing supposed "rumors" that a grand jury has already declined to indict him. ...22:52 2019-09-13

Jury reaches verdict in ‘Junior’ Guzman-Feliz bodega slay trial A Bronx jury has convicted a Trinitarios gang member of murder in last summer’s mistaken-identity killing of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz in a Bronx bodega last year. The jury found Jonaiki Martinez Estrella guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy and gang assault, WPIX-11 reported. ...21:52 2019-06-14

Attorney seeks jury to look past murder suspect’s wild face tattoos The defense attorney for a heavily inked Louisiana double-murder suspect is seeking jurors who are able to look past his client’s myriad face tattoos as they consider the case, according to a new report. William Bottoms, 29, of Greenwell Springs, is charged with second-degree murder in connection to...18:39 2019-08-08

Wayne Newton tells Las Vegas jury he fired shot as burglars fled Longtime Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton told a Nevada jury on Tuesday that he fired a gunshot to scare away two burglars that he and his wife and their teenage daughter encountered during a second burglary in 10 days at their home a year ago....14:26 2019-06-19

US attorney tells jury crips member who shot FBI agent ‘intended to kill’ U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue himself urged a jury Monday to convict a man accused of shooting an on-duty FBI agent in the back. “If I were to walk up behind Mr. Navarro right now and shoot him in the back, you’d think ‘he just tried to kill that guy,'” Donoghue said of his ...01:26 2019-07-16

Jury members clash over Roman Polanski as Venice film festival opens The controversial film-maker’s inclusion and the event’s poor record on female representation dominated the opening press conferenceThe controversial inclusion of Roman Polanski in the 76th Venice film festival and the event’s poor record on female representation dominated the event’s first day as j...18:26 2019-08-28

The Cuban expat who may have helped Lee Harvey Oswald assassinate JFK Just as Lee Harvey Oswald was aiming his rifle at JFK above Dealey Plaza in Dallas, another suspected assassin lurked nearby. The Cuban expat, Gilberto Policarpo Lopez, was handsome with angular features, a pale complexion and a preference for white V-necks and classic Foster Grant shades. Though he...14:13 2019-08-25

Time to Pay Your Respects to the Plywood Boat that Helped Win WWII As you likely know, it’s the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when 160,000 Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, undertaking the largest from-the-sea invasion in the history of human warfare and marking the beginning of the end for the Axis. The actual business of getting over 100,000 soldiers an...03:26 2019-06-07

Huawei employees reportedly helped African governments spy Well, the US now has yet another reported case of espionage-related misdeeds it can point to as additional proof of why the Huawei ban should remain in place. The Chinese consumer electronics giant is under scrutiny again, this time over a Wall Street Journal report that found some of its employees ...23:52 2019-08-16

How the new Nissan Leaf helped me conquer my fear of driving I’m not a confident driver, so I almost turned down the opportunity to test the new Nissan Leaf for three days – but I’m very glad I didn’t.I learned to drive when I was 19 on the distinctly un-mean streets of Milton Keynes – a town 50 miles from London, known for ...23:13 2019-06-05

Have You Ever Owned A Mazda RX-8, The Car That Helped Kill The Rotary Engine? Mazda officially launched the oddball RX-8 in 2003, just one year after the great RX-7 officially died in Japan. But whereas the RX-7's stature has only grown to near-mythic status in the past few years, the RX-8 died a grisly death in 2012, and few people have seemed to miss it since. But that ...01:13 2019-08-24

Pete Alonso’s mental toughness helped Mets win this one KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There was a Polar Bear Grand Slam Plan. This is the underappreciated aspect of the amazin’ Mets rookie. Pete Alonso has a plan for everything and works hard to achieve success. His bases-loaded, majestic fly ball deep into the stands hugged the right-field line and foul pole in th...12:13 2019-08-18

How YouTube helped this firefighter save four frightened ducklings The audio of duck calls from a YouTube video helped save four frightened ducklings from a storm drain. A firefighter in Littleton, Colo., scooped four baby birds from water in the bottom of the drain, but their four siblings were hiding in a nearby pipe. The quick-thinking firefighter used his cellp...00:13 2019-06-23

How UN cultural treasures helped set the stage for Game of Thrones From King’s Landing to the Iron Bank, so many of the breathtaking backdrops seen on the smash hit Game of Thrones television series are available for future generations to enjoy, thanks to a key, but little-known role played by the United Nations cultural agency....21:00 2019-05-21

How a trip with a three-legged dog helped an ex-Marine find redemption In September of 2016, Rob Kugler got some terrible news about his beloved dog, a black lab named Bella. The bone cancer that had taken her left front leg just a year earlier had spread to her lungs and mouth. Her already terminal illness was threatening to cut her short, eight-year-long life even sh...01:13 2019-05-26

The Forgotten All-Star Game That Helped Integrate Baseball When Cleveland celebrated its sixth time hosting MLB’s All-Star Game last week, it might have seemed an odd event to commemorate baseball’s integration. But when Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in April of 1947, becoming the first African-American to play in whit...06:13 2019-07-19

How American Slavery Helped Create Modern-Day Policing This year marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in what we now know as Virginia. Their voyage was, no doubt, filled with unspeakable horror and death, and their presence would forever change the United States—especially when examining the way this country approach...01:26 2019-08-21

US Attorney paralegal helped gangbanger son go after ‘snitches’: feds A paralegal in the New Jersey US Attorney’s Office was busted for allegedly using her work equipment to help her gangbanger son and his Bronx crew expose members “snitching,” prosecutors announced Tuesday. Tawanna Hilliard — whose son Tyquan is part of the ruthless 5-9 Brims set of...10:13 2019-08-14

The bad joke that helped push Kevin Durant away from Warriors The seeds for Kevin Durant’s Warriors exit were planted long before he ruptured his Achilles during this year’s NBA finals. Durant’s friend and former teammate Kendrick Perkins told The Undefeated that he felt Durant had “one foot out the door” during the 2018-19 season...20:52 2019-07-01

Antonio Banderas says heart attack helped him reinvent himself Antonio Banderas said a heart attack he suffered two years ago spurred him into a health kick but also allowed him to reinvent himself as an actor, including as he prepared to take on the lead role in Pedro Almodovar's autobiographical new movie....17:26 2019-05-21

Physics indicates some of Earth’s earliest animals helped each other feed Enlarge / The result of a fluid mechanics simulation with multiple Erniettas. (credit: Dave Mazierski)
What drove the evolution of the earliest animal life? In modern animals, it's easy to infer a lot about an organism's lifestyle based on its anatomy. Even back in the Cambrian, with its large col...22:13 2019-06-21

Kentucky mom who helped search for missing persons has vanished A Kentucky mom who volunteered with an organization dedicated to searching for missing persons has herself vanished, police said. Andrea Michelle Knabel, 37, was last seen on foot near Audobon Park after leaving a relative’s home around 1 a.m. on Aug. 13, according to the Louisville Metro Poli...18:52 2019-08-27

Boaty McBoatface Just Helped Solve a Deep-Sea Mystery The internet was a purer place in 2016, and there’s no more perfect distillation of that truth than the spontaneous, crowdsourced effort to name a £200 million state-of-the-art research vessel Boaty McBoatface. The British government eventually decided to go with the more stately RRS Sir David Atten...19:52 2019-06-18

California lawmakers agree to health benefits for immigrants SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will become the first state in the country to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits as the solidly liberal state continues to distance itself from President Donald Trump’s administration.
Democrats in the state Leg...03:00 2019-06-10

The House Passed a Bill That Would Protect Millions of Immigrants On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a hopeful but likely doomed bill that would offer more than 2 million undocumented migrants a path to permanent residency, despite the fact that it stands almost no chance of making it through the Senate....06:26 2019-06-05

ACLU sues feds over bond hearings for immigrants BOSTON (AP) — A class-action lawsuit alleges that the federal government is illegally detaining immigrants without giving them a fair chance of being released on bond.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Massachusetts and New Hampshire on behalf of seve...23:39 2019-06-13

Judge limits transfer of detained immigrants in California RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge says authorities can’t transfer immigrants from two Southern California detention centers to far-flung facilities if they have lawyers in the area.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California says U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal in Rivers...23:13 2019-06-21

Immigrants in US military face new citizenship rule for kids PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration has unveiled new rules that will make it harder for children of some immigrants serving in the military to obtain citizenship.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released updated guidance Wednesday that appears to mostly affect non-citizen service membe...21:13 2019-08-29

From archaeologists to vets, UK widens list of desired immigrants Britain needs a wider range of immigrants to tackle shortages of workers ranging from archaeologists and architects to vets and web developers, government advisors said on Wednesday, just days after figures showed immigration had fallen to a five-year low....19:26 2019-05-29

Small weekly newspaper praised for standing with immigrants PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — A small weekly newspaper in western Minnesota is receiving praise for a column that took a tongue-in-cheek approach to stand up for diversity.
Last month, the Pelican Rapids Press posted high school graduation pictures on its Facebook page, including pictures of Somali s...05:00 2019-06-18

Trump knocks Democratic candidates over healthcare for immigrants U.S. President Donald Trump, traveling in Asia for a G20 summit, knocked 10 Democratic presidential hopefuls from afar on Thursday for pledging to cover healthcare for immigrants who live in the United States after coming to the country illegally....09:01 2019-06-28

Trump Reportedly Dreaming Up Even More Ways to Shut Immigrants Out Amid an impending announcement by President Donald Trump regarding changing immigration policy, Politico reported Thursday that the president is considering a separate policy that would block Central American migrants from asking the United States for asylum. The website cited a DHS official and out...01:52 2019-05-31

Bond film extra killed with fatal dose of chemsex drug, jury told Gerald Matovu accused of murdering Eric Michels in London after Grindr meet-upAn alleged fraudster met a Bond film actor on the dating app Grindr then killed him with a fatal dose of a chemsex drug, a court has heard.Gerald Matovu, 25, used a syringe to administer GHB to Eric Michels, 54, at his hom...00:13 2019-05-22

Huawei Technicians Helped African Governments Spy on Political Opponents Employees embedded with cybersecurity forces in Uganda and Zambia intercepted encrypted communications and used cell data to track opponents, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. Huawei said it “rejects completely the unfounded and inaccurate allegations.”...16:39 2019-08-14

Hong Kong's digital battle: tech that helped protesters now used against them Wary of being tracked and targeted like activists inside China, protesters are keeping a low profile onlineIn early June, Ivan Ip, 22, joined a public chat group on Telegram called “Parade 69”, named for a mass demonstration planned in central Hong Kong to protest a bill allowing for the transfer of...14:13 2019-06-14

Huawei reportedly helped to build North Korea's internet Chinese telecoms giant Huawei worked together with the North Korean government to build and maintain its Koryolink commercial wireless network according to a new report from the Washington Post.Documents obtained by the publication reveal that the firm partnered with China's state-owned Panda I...20:26 2019-07-22

Family Who Helped Edward Snowden Asks Canada For Asylum A lawyer for a family who sheltered fugitive former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden asked Canada on Wednesday to take them in as refugees, saying they were being persecuted in......04:00 2019-05-30

Seven Newly Named Glaciers Honor the Satellites That Helped Discover Them Glaciers and other icy landscapes are often named after the scientists who first set eyes on them. But it isn’t just human eyes spotting new features in Earth’s frozen wastes; many of these remote landforms are discovered and detailed via satellite. So, shouldn’t the robots get some credit, too?Read...20:00 2019-06-07

Many factors helped save lives in Jefferson City twister JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eight years to the day after a devastating tornado killed 161 people and injured more than 1,100 in Joplin, another big twister ripped through another Missouri community, Jefferson City, but with a far different result: No deaths, no serious injuries.
The two storms share ...23:52 2019-05-24

A Single Image That Helped Lead To Grand Theft Auto Mike Dailly, of Lemmings and GTA fame, shared something very cool on Twitter over the weekend: an image he made in 1994 that, in a very direct way, led to the creation of the original Grand Theft Auto....04:00 2019-09-02

Roche says test showed Tecentriq helped bladder cancer Roche Holding said its
Tecentriq drug combined with platinum-based chemotherapy reduced
the risk of the disease worsening or death in patients with
advanced bladder cancer, the Swiss pharma company said on
Monday....10:00 2019-08-05

Roche says test showed Tecentriq helped vs bladder cancer Roche Holding said its Tecentriq drug combined with platinum-based chemotherapy reduced the risk of the disease worsening or death in patients with advanced bladder cancer, the Swiss pharma company said on Monday....15:52 2019-08-05

Woman who helped in Dannemora prison break is denied parole ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The upstate New York prison tailor who helped two killers escape has been denied parole for a third time.
A parole board decision released Thursday says Joyce Mitchell will remain behind bars for at least two more years.
She’s serving 2 1/3 to seven years for helping Richar...23:39 2019-06-13

How Pavarotti helped this Chinese opera singer find his groove Hao Jiang Tian saw his first opera in 1983. It was the day he arrived from China with four words of English (hello, OK, bye, yes) and $35 in his pocket. An aspiring singer, he spent $8 of it on a standing-room ticket at the Met, where Luciano Pavarotti was performing. “It knocked me out!”......02:39 2019-06-21

Jewish boys helped save man with swastika tattoo from drowning BOSTON — Massachusetts authorities say a group of Jewish teens played a key role in saving the life of a drowning man with a tattoo of a swastika. NBC Boston reports it happened Thursday night as the four youths — all students at an Orthodox Jewish high school in suburban Brookline — spotted the bod...16:52 2019-05-28